6 sentences with 'winning'
Example sentences and phrases with the word winning and other words derived from it.
• « In 1995, after winning two major and several minor competitions, Jon was invited to participate in the Frédéric Chopin International Piano Competition. »
• « He immediately engaged the Persian forces and began winning battles, securing Anatolia and the rich Greek port cities in 333 BC and Syria in 332 BC. »
• « Rome benefited greatly from the fact that the Carthaginians did not realise that the war could become about more than Sicily; even after winning victories there, the Carthaginians never attempted to invade Italy itself (which they might have done, at least at first). »
• « In Medina, Muhammad was much more successful in winning converts. He quickly established a religious community with himself as leader, which made no distinction between religious and political authority. »
• « After developing his theology and winning many converts, Calvin colluded with the city council of Geneva to enforce a whole set of moral laws regulating almost every aspect of behaviour. »
• « Rousseau rose to prominence by winning an essay contest in 1749, writing a scathing critique of his contemporary French society and claiming that its so-called "civilisation" was a corrupt façade that undermined the natural moral character of humanity. »